Folding couch-bed.



M. J. HALPIN.

FOLDING COUCH BED.

APPLICATION rum) SEPT. 22, 1910.

996,640., Patented July 4, 1911.

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MICHAEL J. HALPIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE ENGLANDER SPRING BED COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FOLDING COUCH-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. HALPIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Couch-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to couches or couch beds or divans, the object of the invention being to provide an improved metallic formed structure of the class described in which the legs may be readily folded so that the structure may be shipped or stored away in a comparatively small space and in which the legs will be rigidly and effectively supported in their perpendicular position when it is desired to use the structure as a couch.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of this improved couch bed; Fig. 2 is a detail view of one corner of the bed, illustrating the leg in its bedsupporting position; Fig. 8 is a detail view looking from right to left in Fig. 2, and illustrating in dotted lines a portion of the leg when in its folded position; and Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the major part shown in Fig. 2, with the leg shifted away from the spring mattress bracket in readiness to be folded.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures of the drawings.

The gist of the present improvement is to provide a simple form of couch bed or divan which may be made up entirely of metal and in which the legs may be readily folded under the metallic mattress so as to be out of the way to enable the structure to be shipped in a knock-down condition or to be stored in a small space, or when the structure is to be used as a bed to so form the legs that they will be rigidly held in position against any tendency to shift or wabble.

The couch bed comprises, in the preferred form thereof shown, a suitable frame work 2 for supporting the metallic fabric or spring mattress 3. This frame work in the present instance comprises a pair of metal formed side bars such as tubes 4 supporting at their ends brackets 5 to which angle iron cross bars 6 may be riveted or secured, and to which cross bars the metallic fabric or spring mattress 7 is secured in any of the usual ways. Each of the legs 8, which may be made of tubing and provided with a suitable foot or caster, is provided at its upper end with a casting 9 to which the leg is rigidly secured; This casting in the form shown comprises a sleeve 10 into which the upper end of the leg may be inserted and to which it is riveted, and a horizontally or transversely located sleeve 11 encircling and loosely mounted on the side bar. This transversely located sleeve is provided with a pair of brackets 12 and 13, each comprising a pair of parallelly formed projecting members 14 and 15 spaced apart to provide a recess 16 therebetween for the reception of a member or rib 17 of the bracket 5. These projecting members 14: and 15 are provided with a slot 18 for the reception of a headed bolt 19 carried by the rib 17 of the bracket 5, one end of this bolt carrying a wing nut 20, whereby when the transversely located sleeve is slipped into position to have one or the other of the brackets 12 or 13 receive the rib 17 of the side bar supporting bracket the bolt will pass into the slot of such projecting members and will clamp the transverse sleeve and thereby the leg rigidly in position on the bracket 5. To prevent rotation of the bolt one side of the bracket member 14 is provided with an angular recess 21 for the reception of the head of the bolt.

When it is desired to clamp each'leg in its vertical or supporting position, the wing nut is released and the leg shifted toward the bracket 5 and in position to receive the rib 17 between the spaced apart members 14 and 15 of the bracket 13 located at this time at the upper side of the transverse sleeve, and thereupon the wing nut tightened in position to effectively clamp the leg to the bracket 5. When, however, it is desired to fold the leg under the mattress the wing nut is released, and the leg slightly shifted inward or away from the bracket and folded upward until the bracket members 12 are brought into position to assume the same relation to the rib 17 of the bracket 5, whereupon the leg may be clamped in its folded position in the manner hereinbefore described. By this simple improvement all of the legs can be folded under the metallic mattress in a manner which will be readily understood, so that the structure can be readily shipped or stored away in a small space. It will also be observed that the legs are clamped directly to the bracket which supports the side bar and the cross bars for the metallic fabric, very effectively and rigidly securing the leg against shifting or wabbling movement and affording a very rigid and strong supporting means for the couch Which can nevertheless be very readily and quickly manipulated.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having transversely projecting brackets, said legs being shiftable on the side bars to have their transversely projecting brackets engage the corner brackets, anc means for rigidly clamping the leg brackets and corner brackets together.

2. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having transversely projecting brackets, said legs being shiftable on the side bars to have their transversely projecting brackets engage the corner brackets, said sleeve projecting brackets and corner brackets being formed one to receive the other, and means for rigidly clamping the leg brackets and corner brackets together.

3. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for support ing a metallic fabric, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having transversely projecting brackets, said legs being shiftable on the side bars to have their transversely projecting brackets engage the corner brackets, said leg projecting brackets and corner brackets being constructed one to form a pair of spaced apart members having a re cess for the reception of the other bracket, and means for rigidly clamping the leg brackets and corner brackets together.

4. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric and also having a rib,

longitudinal side bars also supported by saidbrackets, foldable legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having a pair of transversely projecting brackets each spaced apart or recessed to receive the rib of the corner bracket, said legs being shiftable on the side bars toward and from the corner brackets, and means for rigidly clamping the leg brackets and corner brackets together.

5. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for support-- ing a metallic fabric and also having a rib, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, foldable legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having a pair of transversely projecting brackets each spaced apart or recessed to receive the rib of the corner bracket, said legs being shiftable on the side bars toward and from the corner brackets, and means for rigidly clamping the leg brackets and corner brackets together and comprising a bolt carried by the rib of the corner bracket, each of said sleeve brackets having a slot for the reception of said bolt.

6. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having transversely projecting brackets, said legs being shiftable on the side bars to have their transversely projecting brackets engage the corner brackets, said leg projecting brackets and corner brackets being constructed one to form a pair of spaced apart members having a recess for the reception of the other bracket and one having a slot for the reception of a clamping bolt, and means comp-rising bolts for rigidly clamping the leg brackets and corner brackets together.

7. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric, each of said brackets having an upwardly projecting rib, a clamping bolt carried by said rib, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having transversely projecting brackets each comprising a pair of spaced apart or recessed members for the reception of the rib of the corner bracket and also having open-ended slots for the reception of the bolts carried by the corner brackets, said legs being shiftable on the side bars toward and from the corner brackets to effect such engagement.

8. In a structure of the class described, a. frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric, each of said brackets having an upwardly projecting rib, a clamping bolt carried by said rib, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs having sleeves mounted on said side bars and having transversely projectsleeve brackets having means for preventing the rotation of the bolts When the brackets are in clamped relation.

9. In a structure of the class described, a

frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs each having a sleeve mounted on one of said side bars and each of said legs being slidable toward and from a corner bracket and each of said leg sleeves having a pair of transversely extending projections located substantially at right angles to each other and each of said corner brackets also having a transversely extending projection, said sleeve and corner bracket projections being adapted to overlap and one of said projections having a bolt receiving slot, and a bolt carried by the other of said projections for clamping the parts in rigid position.

10. In a structure of the class described, a frame having corner brackets for supporting a metallic fabric, longitudinal side bars also supported by said brackets, folding legs each having a sleeve mounted on one of said side bars and each of said legs being slidable toward and from a corner bracket and each of said leg sleeves having a pair of transversely extending projections located substantially at right angles to each other and each ofsaid corner brackets also having a transversely extending projection, said sleeve and corner bracket projections being adapted to overlap and one of said projections having a bolt receiving slot, and a bolt carried by the other of said projections for MICHAEL J. HALPIN.

Witnesses:

F. E. Boron, GEORGE F. PURCELL.

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